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Apparel   /əpˈærəl/  /əpˈɛrəl/   Listen
noun
Apparel  n.  
1.
External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. "Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young." "At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity."
2.
A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
3.
(Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
Synonyms: Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.


verb
Apparel  v. t.  (past & past part. appareled, or apparelled; pres. part. appareling, or apparelling)  
1.
To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. (Obs.)
2.
To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. "Ships... appareled to fight."
3.
To dress or clothe; to attire. "They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts."
4.
To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. "Appareled in celestial light."





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"Apparel" Quotes from Famous Books



... was always ah intriguing figure. Perhaps, indeed—for the apparel does not always proclaim the man, and the Eaglet was no Hamlet in the matter of his clothes—her rather striking costumes were a source of too ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 18, 1919 • Various
... dud you need in the swellest shops in New York. Because you and I will have plenty of money for our future, and we must dress up to our station. Your mother said our success in business would be influenced, to a great extent, by our careful consideration of apparel. She is right." ...
— Polly and Eleanor • Lillian Elizabeth Roy
... 1:24 24 And now, in this two hundred and first year there began to be among them those who were lifted up in pride, such as the wearing of costly apparel, and all manner of fine pearls, and of the fine things ...
— The Book Of Mormon - An Account Written By The Hand Of Mormon Upon Plates Taken - From The Plates Of Nephi • Anonymous
... intervals, by the familiar playfulness of the Latin verse-writer in dealing with mythology, which, though coming at so late a day, had still a wonderful freshness in its old age.—"Amor has put his weapons by and will keep holiday. He was bidden go without apparel, that none might be wounded by his bow and arrows. But take care! In truth he is none the less armed than usual, though he ...
— Marius the Epicurean, Volume One • Walter Horatio Pater
... Miss Kendal impatiently. "I know nothing about the things," and she tore her dress from Widow Anne's detaining hand to hurry home. Mrs. Bolton wailed aloud at this desertion, and took her way to Hope's lodgings, where she declared her determination to remain until the artist restored her apparel. ...
— The Green Mummy • Fergus Hume


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